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Winter blast causes sporadic power outages

By Winter weather leaves thousands in dark in Ala

Montgomery, AL – Thousands of people are without power inAlabama because of the winter weather that hit overnight. Alabama Power says about 2,500 customers were left withoutelectricity statewide because of a mix of snow and ice. Many ofthose are in southeast Alabama, where falling limbs and treessnapped utility lines. Scattered outages are also being reported further north. The winter precipitation is hampering air travel, too. Workersare trying to clear runways at the airports in Birmingham andHuntsville so normal flights can resume. About 200 people spent the night at Birmingham's airport, manyof them Auburn University football fans trying to get to Arizonafor the national championship game against Oregon.